"Ryan" <rgaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> > Ryan wrote:
> >
> > > Could you recommend a good database theory book? Im familiar with
> threads
> > > from java and the wait,notify,synchronize interprocess stuff. I know
> unix
> > > has pthreads which appear to do the same thing and Solaris has a C
> interface
> > > for Mutex locks that seem to be generic.
> > >
> > > Im in school, so preferably something academic that they might have in
a
> > > university library. That way I dont have to pay for it... Im curious
> about
> > > OS theory.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > My gosh - all the stuff I have is ancient.
> >
> > If you get right ito it, you will find that a database management system
> is
> > truly nothing more than a special purpose operating system. 99% of the
> classics
> > related to operating system design hold true for database theory. Over
> the
> > years, we've surrounded the database field with a lot of mistique and
lot
> of
> > gobbledy-gook, but under the covers it's really very similar.
> >
> > A number of the older theory books still hold true. My favorites are
> still:
> >
> > (database)
> > The Theory of Database Concurrency Control - Christos Papadimitriou
> > Database Step by Step - Mark L Gillenson
> > Database - O'Neil & O'Neil (** exceptional)
> >
> > (OSs)
> > Operating Systems: A Systematic View - William S. Davis
> > Modern [sic] Operating Systems - Tanenbaum
> > Operating Systems: Design and Implementation - Tanenbaum
> > ... the last is the actual design for Minix, one of Linux' predecessors.
> >
> > However, better than books are the IEEE transactions, any papers by Codd
> or CJ
> > Date, and any back issues of the (sadly defunct) Database Programming
and
> Design
> > magazine.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Codd papers are probably over my head. Im weak in Math. Had to do a Discre
te
> Math class as a pre-requisite for a masters, but never took Calculus....
Ill
> check out one of those OS books.
>
> Thanks... Its good background knowledge. Find theory helps me grasp and
> implement the vendor specific stuff easier.
>
>
Recommendation: Read and understand Codd. Or forget about being a DBA.
Regards,
Paul
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 15:34:30 CDT
